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About the Book: Litanies of Dutch Battery
'Our delta, called Dutch Battery, was young. Its soil not hardened yet . . .
History was the most important commodity our delta imported.'
Born in Dutch Battery, one of the many islands that speckle Kochi waters, Edwina
Theresa Irene Maria Anne Margarita Jessica is heir to the keepsakes and stories
brought by the sea and winds. Entwined with her life are those of other
'bridgeless' islanders, disconnected from the mainland every night with the
departure of the last ferry boat: Jessica's great-grandfather Louis, who stole
the calculus of shipbuilding from his master and settled